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In order to develop your station and your railway empire you need materials-- lots of materials; these are collected by sending out cargo trains on your local lines.
Cargo is collected at a base rate of 10 units per wagon on a 10 minutes ride; this is then modified by the wagon capacity, loco type, and the length of the trip.

For a detailed description of destination vs. cargo capacity see Local Trains. Also, eventually you'll have to send materials to contractor in order to fulfill contracts, or neighbours to help them with their stations. In this case, cargo is sent at a base of 225 units per wagon, whatever the chosen route is (normal or fast); and modified by the wagon capacity, loco type, set bonus, number of recipients and the existence of the Container Storage and/or the Brick Workshop, Bright Office, Machine Oratory buildings in the player's station.

For each material there are 8 wagons available for coins in the shop, they are: Base capacity, +10%, +20%, +45%, +70% (limited to 20), +135% (limited to 13), + 200% (limited varies and levels deep into the 300s), and 275% (limit 12 and after level 377). In addition for most materials there is a +40% wagon, a +100% available for gems, and the +20% can also be bought for gems. Train Station rolls out additional capacity in order to make mass material gathering accessible to everyone. Finally, there are several wagons only available as special offer and as rewards from contracts, achievements, or levelling up.

For ease of management, wagons have been moved to their respective pages.

Dual Wagons

Many players find these wagons a bit confusing, but they are a lot simpler than expected.

For a single wagon you get the equivalent of two wagons carrying the same bonuses. To carry the same amount of cargo as two +25% bonus dual cargo wagons, you'll need 1 single cargo wagon with a +150% bonus of each of the two cargoes to be carried, not just two wagons with twice the bonus. The reason for this disparity is that the dual cargo wagon carries the base value of both cargoes in addition to it's bonus. A fact easily forgotten, and the reason of much confusion about these wagons.